It s very frustrating. but the other thing i want to bring up before we go is there s another reason in this story that can stop what we saw from barrett last night and that is chief justice john roberts. as the great julius campbell said in remember the titans, attitude reflects leadership. and john roberts can say you know what, barrett, we re not doing that because you know what, i do care about the court looking political and so you re not going to go to the mcconnell center. brett kavanagh, you re not going to go to the federal society dinner. we re going stephen breyer, you re not going to go on fox news. we re going to be above the fray. and if john roberts said that, they d do it. but he doesn t because he s just as complicit in this as you will at the rest of them. elie mystal, dahlia lithwick, thank you. that is all in for tonight. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. geeng, chris. much appreciated. thanks so much for joining us this hour